Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding to the bill the following appropriately numbered new ARTICLE and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. NUMBER OF DAYS OF INSTRUCTION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS

SECTION ____. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(a) Except as authorized under Subsection (b) or (c) of this section, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school year each school district must operate so that the district provides for at least 180 days of instruction for students.

(c) A school district may reduce the number of days of instruction for students required by Subsection (a) for any school year for which, as a result of a reduction in state funding levels, the amount of state and local funds per weighted student available to the district is less than the amount of state and local funds per weighted student available to the district for the 2010-2011 school year. A district may reduce the number of days of instruction for students under this subsection by the number of days necessary, as determined by the district, to operate within the funding levels available to the district without furloughing any classroom teachers.